Big Breverin! (WARNING: Political Agenda)

Right, i am turning a political rant into a sketch. I am not entering this into any competition or anything, i just want to air this view i have. I am expecting some negative comments, but i don't care. Here you go:

INT. BIG BROTHER STYLE HOUSE [DAY]

A LARGE BLACK MALE (OMAR) WALKS OVER TO THE SOFAS AND SITS DOWN WITH 4 OTHER BLACK MALES (BO, JOHNSON, CLIFF, MONTY) AS WELL AS 4 BLACK FEMALES (ROSIE, KATIE, JOSS, CONSTANCE) AND ONE WHITE MALE (HOWARD) WHO LOOKS UNCOMFORTABLE AND SECLUDED.

OMAR:
(UP BEAT) Wat hapnin’ niggas?

BO:
(SOULFULLY) O you know, you know, chillin’ wit me dawgs and me bitches! You know me and Constance getin’ all steamy up in dis (POINTING TO SOFA WHERE HE SITS) shizzle until white boy walk in on us you know.

MONTY (SITTING BESIDE HOWARD) SLAPS HOWARD ACROSS THE HEAD.

CONSTANCE:
(BEGRUDINGLY) Yeah, wat you doin all up in ‘ere wen me shakin’ me booty fur my man.

HOWARD:
(STUTTER) Erm … err …

MONTY:
(SLAPPING HOWARD ACROSS THE HEAD AGAIN) Man shut up cracka!

OMAR:
(ANGRILY) You white boys all up in our bizness tryin’ ta keep a nigga down. Am I right home boyz?

ALL MEN:
(SHOUTING) YEAH!

OMAR:
(TO BO) So why he do all that?

BO:
(SOULFULLY) Boy I don’t know. You never know what dem cracka oinkys are thinking. Probably about lynching tho.

OMAR:
(AGGRESSIVELY TO HOWARD) You wanna lynch us boy?

HOWARD:
(SCARED/STUTTER) Nnnn …. Nnnnn …

MONTY SLAPS HOWARD ACROSS THE SLAP.

OMAR:
You know wat? Shut up! Let a nigga talk.

CONSTANCE:
White boy sed he makin’ breakfast.

OMAR:
Wat? (AGGRESSIVELY) You think you a superior race coz you can cook? Man I orta slap you. In fact, MONTY!

MONTY SLAPS HOWARD AGAIN

OMAR:
Wat? You think a black man get uppa to dat hob we cook ya up some fried chicken?

HOWARD:
Nnnnn … nnnn …. No.

MONTY GOES TO SLAP BUT HE DIVES OFF THE SOFA. OMAR GETS UP AND KICKS HIM IN THE BACKSIDE.

OMAR:
You get whatever you cookin’ and bring it ‘ere, I’m hungrier than a white boy in Africa.

HOWARD RUNS OFF TO GET THE FRYING PAN

OMAR:
Betta not be no white meat on there either. It makes me sick. Betta not be any red meat either, that just sunburned white f**kas yo.

HOWARD BRINGS PAN AND A PLATE. HE PUTS PLATE ON TABLE.

OMAR:
Wat ya got oinky?

HOWARD:
Sausages?

HOWARDS PUTS SAUSAGE ON PLATE.

OMAR:
Wat! Wat! Dat sausage is golden brown mothaf**ka! Like a white girl in Tenerife. Wat else?

HOWARD:
Eggs?

HOWARD PUTS EGG ON PLAT

OMAR:
Are you four real? Egg! It’s all white! It comes from chicken. You makin’ reference to friend chicken boy? Cracka! Do I look like Saunders to yall? I know we all look da same to you white boys! What else?

HOWARD:
Bacon?

OMAR:
Oh you did not! You just not fry me up some pig and put it on me plate! You are da oinky in ‘ere white boy. Now come on, what’s that?

HOWARD:
(WORRIED) Erm … errr … arrrr

MONTY:
Spit it out boy.

HOWARD:
Black … pudding?

THE ROOM GOES SILENT. EVERYONE STARES AT HOWARD. SUDDENLY ALL THE MIRRORS IN THE HOUSE BREAK AND OUT COMES MANY SECURITY GUARDS. THEY POUNCE ON HOWARD AND DRAG HIM OUT. THE GEORDIE VOICE OF BIG BROTHER COMES ON.

VOICE:
Howard, get out of this house you racist bastard!

OMAR:
Shut up cracka!

A pretty vile piece, in my opinion.

Hi Walker.
It reminded me of, (I dont know if you have seen this) the guy from 'Balls Of Steel" 'The Millitant Black Guy'.
He is my fav character.
I enjoyed it. It made me laugh.
Not sure how it may be percieved though.

What is the point of this? POlitically it feels like those racist articles in the Daily Express about how racism is just a myth and white people are victims under siege. I understand that Channel 4 are prickly and contradictory on matters of racism but....

My opinion is: Racism still exists, and i am glad that the vile girl got thrown out for using a racist slur. But the fact is, racism works both ways, i ahve seen the black girl in the house use "white girl" a number of times as well as saying the same slur herself atleast once before the incident, but she hasn't been questioned. It is all over the media, TV, Film, etc, were works like "oinky" "cracker" and "white boy" are not considered racist. Well it is. The point of this came from anger within me that said 'enough is enough' so i wrote this to voice my opinion. This sketch portrays how i see the one-sider PC society we have today. I know it is going to tick some people off, but you can't tell me it is right for one race to be pressured into PC language while another gets away with racism.

EDIT: charley - it is one inspiration, i like that character because it really does play on the PC part of it, not the 'other side of racism' as i see it though. Didn't go in the same direction of reacting by bringing up the slave trade and all that jazz.

Cracker might be racist, but I wouldn't say white boy is. Just as black boy isn't.
Saying that, it's all about context.

"white boy" is accepted amungst friends, i'll accept that. But it is about context. I made the context so it implied that they didn't like him because he is white, which is racism. Like i said, this is just personal anger being vented through comedic writing.

Instead of calling it "vile" though, could you tell me why? Is it poorly written? is it not funny? Is the topic taboo? I'd like to know the perception of it.

Hi Walker.
Your sketch just brought him in mind to me.
I dont think this should press any buttons really. I didnt read your sketch and get my back up atall & I do see where you are coming from with it & what you are putting across.The fact is racism in all guises is out there.As is sexism, ageism, weightism and gingerism and every other ism.
Like I say I liked your sketch.Some may portray more into it but I am looking at it from face value & I admire your provocat-ism. xx

I'm not offended by this sketch, nor do I think it's "vile".

But it's defiantly raising the discussion, which many comedies try and then fail to do.

I think as a sketch on it's own there was a lot more opportunity's for smarter lines. Plus the actual way they spoke, was almost racist in it's self.

I think there's a place for erm ?ironic? racist language, but not on a platform like BB. Where the context is not always clear.

Maybe the only kind words i'll get with this. I did hesitate while posting this, but that is why the Internet is such a great tool. It does allow me to get this out there without much hassle from anyone.

Society sucks, that is my view of it. I think it is the growing pains of what is an intigrating of cultures and a convergance of lifestyles. People are generally uneasy about the whole thing. One thing about sexism is something from an episode of South Park when the little girls and their mothers called a father sexist because he tried to talk them out of becoming sluts (Paris Hilton becoming their hero) which is a hilerious double standard i think. It really is racism though that is the most taboo and the most risky.

Leevil - i was aware in the language and i was doing that for my own double standard. I, as you said, by having them talk like this was being racist, because i'm not saying it is white people who are the victims, i am trying to say it exists both ways, to all races, even the neglected Asian community.

The use of the BB house comes from just quick thinking, relating to the recent race debate of the house. It was the lightening thought i had and got it down almost streight away. If i sat and drafted it first and rethought some ideas it may be a technically better sketch, but i was going off the cuff.

I don't get your point. Are you suggesting that if this scene was acted out in Big Brother (or anywhere else) that we'd all sit back and think "fair enough, nothing to worry about there"? Cos that is just baloney. I wonder what brought it all on?

There's racism in all races. Are you sayng that Walker is wrong to point this out?

I bet you all think we should apologise for the Slave Trade.

That's what confused me. Cos as far as I'm aware no-one has ever suggested there isn't racism in all races. That's a statement of the bleeding obvious. So, what was the point?

This is simply someones little version on racism, in their view, which I believe should be allowed. If I considered it Racist in any form as a 1/4 Jewish married to a 1/4 indian and with black & white in my entire family I myself would jump on it. If we are not to speak on our VIEWS on racism then Jesus H Christ lets not chat about our political, religious views, or even the views on our neighbours garden. We have a right to air our views as long as we are not breaking any code of (anti) conduct. Ie (being abusive in a mean and nasty way) I truly believe this has not been done. Its just a sketch. The way it was written, rather than the meaning, as far as I am concerned, was quite cool and humourous.

Badge I see where you are coming from & to a certain extent I am in agreement, I supose I am just looking at it from a different angle.

I agree there is a place for edgy stuff but my problem with this sketch is that it is pointless because it's stating the obvious that racism exists in all races. The only alternative point I could possibly decipher from it (and this is why I've asked the question) is an undercurrent of "us against them" - i.e. "they" have a go at "us" for being racist but "they" get away with racism themselves. Now, if this is what was intended then I find the sketch totally offensive because there is nothing more racist than an "us and them" attitude. But I'm hoping the sketch was just pointless.